SuicideGrl wrote:at the end of the day, it all boils down to ignorance.
most people ahve NO idea what goes into creating a game of this scale and complexity.
most people have NO idea how hard it is to achieve stability on such a large network of machines.
most people have NO idea how difficult it is to maintain, bug-test, trouble-shoot, monitor, patch, and expand a complicated piece of software.
most people have NO idea what is going on behind the scenes at JM and what work is being done.
All of these things get complicated by the fact that SRO is so popular. There are 10's of thousands of users spread across a dozen servers. all of those people expect to be able to play whenever they want, however they want, with no hassles, interruptions, setbacks, downtime, or grief. and most people have NO idea how impossible this is, especially in a game which, in case we haven't noticed, is NOT FINISHED.
botting is a problem. it is being worked on, i assure you.
CCF is a problem. it is being worked on, i assure you.
lag and server congestion are problems. they are being worked on, i assure you.
how do i know these things? COMMON SENSE. i have been around enough to know that just because i can't see something doesn't mean it's not there. just because i don't have a JM employee emailing me hourly reports on their activities doesn't mean nothing's being done. just because i don't see any progress in my own gaming experience doesn't mean i'm being ignored.
do you all SERIOUSLY believe that after creating a hugely successful, rapidly expanding, immensely profitable game that they are all just hanging out in Rio, sipping mai tai's and laughing up their sleeves at our concerns and issues while the money from silk is pouring in?
if you can honestly say "yes" to that question, then your naivety is so embarrassing that even i feel bad for you. have a little goddamned faith, something even vaguely resembling patience, and perhaps a small measure of maturity, and i promise you that you'll be at least less bothered by the state SRO is in right now, if not accepting and understanding. reading some of the threads in here makes me feel like i'm running a daycare instead of moderating a forum full of informed, enthusiastic players of a pretty kick-ass game. gg, and grow up.
One of my favorite sayings is... Common Sense isn't common. Unfortunately it's true too.
(whether or not it's positive I couldn't say, for I have not read the whole thing..)
